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Southeast Wilderness Medical Conference It’s no secret that Chattanooga, with all of its natural beauty, is a magnet for lovers of the great outdoors. Citizens and tourists alike enjoy our mountains, trails, rivers, and lakes. However, it’s easy to forget the potential hazards and “what-ifs” when you’re in the midst of the Scenic City’s beautiful scenes. Luckily, the fine folks at the annual Southeast Wilderness Medical Conference are looking out for you. All you need is $20 and some free time on Friday, June 21 between 4:30 and 7 p.m. to attend a seminar called “Wilderness Safety for the Outdoor Enthusiast.” In addition to brushing up on the standard lions and tigers and
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bears (oh my!) avoidance tactics, you’ll also have an opportunity to learn about snakebites, insect stings, inclement weather, and a multitude of other injuries, ailments and potentially hazardous situations. So whether your outdoor sport includes paddles, wheels, ropes or your bare feet, make your way to The Church on Main at 1601 Rossville Ave., to ensure you’re prepared for the unexpected. Visit outdoorschattanooga.com for more info. — Keeli Monroe
Cooking on the Rooftop
Make It Yourself—And Make It Healthy Let’s face it: Now that Riverbend, Bonnaroo, and the Weird Bass Music Festival
are over, your body could probably use a nice, healthy, home-cooked meal. Burn better than you bake? No problem! Cooking on the Rooftop, which takes place at the Creative Discovery Museum, is a fun, educational event that’s great for the entire family, no matter what cooking skills you do or don’t possess. Chef Nick Goeller from 212 Market will be using local ingredients, including some from the museum’s rooftop garden, to show you how easy (and fast) it is to whip up something healthy at home. Cooking on the Rooftop, now in its third year, is an annual summertime event sponsored by Arts Build of Greater Chattanooga and the Tennessee Arts Commission. You have four opportunities during the summer to catch this hands-on workshop: Saturday, June 22; Saturday, June 27, Sunday, July 28, and Saturday, August 10. All sessions are from noon - 1 p.m. Workshop is included in price of admission. Creative Discovery Museum, 321 Chestnut St. (423) 648-6043, cdmfun.org —K.M.
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From protecting sea turtles in Costa Rica, to caring for AIDS patients in Tanzania, to counseling women in Nepal, “volunteer vacations” are growing in popularity each year—and here’s a chance to win a free two-week volunteer trip abroad. Nonprofit United Planet, which organizes volunteer abroad trips to more than 40 countries, is again sponsoring its United Planet Day Photo & Video Contest. Submit photos and/or videos that “illustrate the ideas of cross-cultural understanding,
friendship, and supporting one another in your own community or abroad” and you’ll be in the running to win a volunteer trip to one of ten selected countries. It’s not necessary to have already done volunteer work abroad. Email entries to contest@unitedplanet. org with the subject line “UP Day Contest [Your Name]. Deadline for submissions is Wednesday, August 21, 11:59 pm EST. Voting will be opened to the public by the following week. Winners will be announced on or around September 22. More information and contest guidelines are at unitedplanet.org/united-planet-day-contest. —Staff
j. Campbell RoundTable
The Ways of Tai Ji
One of the more eclectic regular meetings going on in town is the monthly Joseph Campbell RoundTable, which, despite its name, does not focus solely on the works of the pioneering dream-and-myths writer. As described: “A Mythological RoundTable Group (MRT) is a gathering of people drawn together by a deep and abiding interest in all things mythological. Much like the Round Table of yore, it is a place where individual and community come together—a place to play, plan, create, partake in ritual, and share tales of our own quests with companions well met.” You never know who might be featured, which is part of the fun. This month, Dr. Zibin Guo, currently a professor of medical anthropology at the UTC and the founder and driving force behind the Chattanooga Tai Ji community, will be the guest, speaking on “Ways of Knowing: Secret Knowledge.” 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, Grace Episcopal Church, Room 120, 20 Belvoir Ave. — Staff